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Red earth and pouring rain

Vikram Chandra

Chandra, Vikram;

Red earth and pouring rain

Penguin Books, 2006, 686 pages

ISBN 0140246126, 9780140246124

topics: |  fiction | india | diaspora | commonwealth-prize


A novel in which the Gods Hanuman, Ganesha and Yama descend on the house in
an Indian city, and a bargain is struck. The monkey must tell a story, and if
he keeps his audience entertained, he shall live.
Commonwealth prize for First Book


amitabha mukerjee (mukerjee [at] gmail.com) 17 Feb 2009